Seeder.



J. D. GREENE.

SEBDER. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 29, 1913.

1,105,075. l Patented July 28,1914

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Hl' l'- J, U. GREENE. f

SEBDAER. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 29, 1913.

. Patented July 28191L1y Be it known that I Lalre City,

nnrrnn srafrns JAMES 0. GREENE, OF LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, .AS EDWARDS .AND ONE-THIRD TG ROBERT N. P

SIGNOR GF ONE-THIRD TO JOSHUA L. ENLAITIB, Cl? iVLTERiOWN, FLORID.

vSpecicatimi of Letters loateut.

Application filed october 29, 1913.

To all wir om 'it may concern JAMES O. Gruslin, a citizen of the United States, residing at in the county of Columbia and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeders, of which the following is a speciiication, reterence being had to the accompanying drawI ings. l

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in seeders and more particularly to an improvement in dropping means therefor and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved dropping mechanism which is operated directly from the driving;` Wheel of the device.

Still another object of the invention resides in pro 'iding' a device of this character which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and 'one which Will be very efficient and useful in operation.

With these and otherobjects in view, the invention consists in the novel features oi" construction, combination and .arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularl7 pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a. side elevation o't a device constructedin accordance with my invention. Fig. 9: is a plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical. section partly in elevation of the hopper or seedn box used in connection with the device. Fig. l is a horizontal section through they seedv box applied orf the base plate and disclosiilr the bottom ot said seed-box with the dropping, plate removed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the dropping plate removed, Fia'. 6 is a horizontal-section through the seed box with the bottom thereof removed. Fie'. 7 is a horizontal section through the seedboX or hopper as seen on line 7-7, of Fig. 3, Fig. 8 is a detail perspective View ot the sleeve member with the radial arms thereon; and Fig. 9 is a detailed side elevation of the ground and drivingr Wheel of thedevice, disclosing the radial rods or arms thereon.`

In describing my invention, I Shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in Which-- l and 2 indicate a pair of longitudinal beams connected at various points in their lengthto transverse bars, to formt a fra-me Patented July 28, init-st. Serial No. 2798,973.

for devies and .rotatably mounted in bearings 3, which are carried adgaeent the rear ends ot said beam.j on an axle 4, which carries an enlarged ground Wheel 5 thereon. vl'ounted at thetorvvard end of the traineq between the beams l and Q. is thefurrowl opener 6, .vhich is braced at its lower end to the traine by means oit the bracing arms 1. Mounted on the frame formed ot the arms' l and over the ground Wheel 5, is a base vor supporting plate 8, held in position aboveI the wheel by means of the supporting arins .fk projecting upwardly from the rear portions of the beams. and supporting plate 8, is a hopper or seed boi; 1G; the bottom ll of which is spaced slightly above the loweredge of the Walls thereof, so as to provide a space between said bottoni and the support-ing or base plates when said seed-bon or hopper is placed on the The bottoni ll of this seed-bon ed with an annular slot 12 which divides said bottom into two sec- .re innermost being a dislr and the ost ction an annulus, and these two ns are secured together by a plurality renate securing' braces 13. f lnterprsed between the bottom l1, oi' the opper seed-box and the base plate 8, is liropping plate .le which is provided regular intervals with a plurality of open ings le, the same being in such positionvon the plate as to registervvith the annular slot i?. oi said bottoni il. The baseplate 8 is also p-rovined 'with a discharge opening;I 16;' with which is adapted to register the opening; i5 or the dropping plate i4.- and a spout or discharge tube 1T which issecured to the under tace of the base plate. 8 to sur round said opening- 16, permits the seeds which are dropped therethrough to be con veyed to the rear end of the furrowopener. Extending through central registering openings i8 and i9 or the base plate S and the dropping plate le, respectively, is a. sleeve member 20 and the opening in said drop ping plate lll is squared to receive snugly therein a square portion 2l of Said sleeve. Extending through the core ot the sleeve 20, from the bottom thereof, is a holt *2:35, which extends also through a central opening '23 in the bottoni ll of said seed-box ordiopper and engagedv with the upper threaded end of said bolt is a Wing vnut From this construction. said seed-box and dropping lrounted on this base plate are 4securely held in position on the base plate 8 and a means is aiforded whereby said dro ping plate may be rotated. The sleeve member depends somewhat below the base plate 8 and has a pair of crossed arms carried thereon, whereby to -form four projecting portions. Of course, as many projecting portions should be provided as are found necessary, but the number shown and described, is preferable.

Secured to the driving and ground wheel 5, are a plurality of arms or bars 26, four in number, which are secured to the hub and rim respectively, of said wheel. The outer ends of these arms or bars project beyond the.periphery of said wheel and form markers for the latter and are also designed for engagement with the projecting arms 25 of y the sleeve 20. As the device is propelled, it

will be seen that the projectingportions of t-he arms 26 will cont-act with the projecting arms 25 on the sleeve 20 and cause said sleeve to be rotated. With the rotation of the sleeve, the dropping plate will also be rotated and seed and other material in the hopper willbe received in the openings l5 of said dropping plate and conveyed to the discharge opening 16 in the base plate 8, where the same will be conveyed through the discharge tube 17 to the furrow-opener.

vided with handle members and said handle bars are supported from the beams by means of the bracing arms 29.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improved device, the operation thereof will be readily understood and it will be seen that I have p'rovided a device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture `and one which will lbe very etlicient and useful ini operation.

While I have particularly described the elements best adapted. to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be re` sorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the` principles of the invention.

Having thus described this invention,V

what is claimed is 1. In a seeder of the class described, the combination with a mainframe, and rotatable supporting means therefor; of a plate securedu on said frame and provided with a discharge opening, a hopper mounted on said plate, the bottom of which isprovided with a slot, a dropping plate interposed between the bottom of said hopper and the aforesaid plate, said dropping plate being provided with a plurality of spaced openings adapted to register with the aforesaid slot and discharge opening,-a sleeve loosely disposed through the center of the first nentioned plate, the extreme upper end of said sleeve being squared and disposed through the center of said droppin to cause the latter to be operated therewith, means to support said sleeve in position, a plurality of radial arms carried on the lower end of said sleeve, and means in connection with the rotatable support-ing means of the frame adapted to contact with the radial arms of said sleeve to rotate the latter as the device is propelled.

E2. In a seeder of the class described, the combination with a main frame; of a plate supported thereabove having discharge opening therein and also provided with a central opening, a hopper mounted on said plate at the bottom thereof and having an annular slot therein and also provided with a central opening. means 'securing the scctions formed by the annular slit therein together, a dropping plate interposed between said bottoni, and the first mentioned plate, said dropping plate being provided with a central squared opening and having a plurality of other openings therein adapted for registration with the aforesaid annular slot, and said discharge opening, a sleeve loosely disposed in the central opening of the first mentioned plate, the extrere upper end of said sleeve being plate squared and disposed snugly in the square opening therein and also provided with a central opening, a hopper mounted on said plate, the bottom thereof having an annular slot therein and also provided with a central opening', means securing the sections formed by the annular slot therein together, a dropping plate interposed between said bottom and the first.. mentioned plate, s'aid dropping plate being provided with a eentral squared opening and having a plurality of other openings therein adapted for registration with the aforesaid annular slot and said discharge opening, a sleeve loosely disposed in the central opening of the first mentioned plate, the extreme upper end of said sleeve being squared and disposed snugly in thesquared opening of said dropl' central opening, a hopper mounted on said l slightly above said correspondingly central squared Opening ralityof other openings therein adapted for tioned plate,

nineteen ping plate, a bolt 'disposed through said sleeve and through the opening in the bottom of said hopper, means in connection with the upper end of said bolt to rotatably retain said sleeve in. position, VVa plurality of arms removably engaged with the lower end or" said sleeve and projecting outwardlyv therefrom, and means adapted for engagement with said arms to rotate said sleeve and4 rotate said dropping plate.

4. ln a seeder of the class described, the combination with a main frame, and supporting means therefor; of a plate supported above said frame having a discharge opening therein, and also provided with a.

plate and having the bottom thereof spaced.

plate, said bottom ,of the hopper being provided with an annuler siot and also having a central opening there in registering With the opening of the aforesaid plate, a dropping plate interposed between said bottom and lirst mentioned plate, said dropping plate being provided with a and having a plum registration with the aforesaid annular slot and the discharge opening in the first mena sleeve disposed loosely through the central opening of the first mentioned Jlate to abut a portion of the dropping p ate, the extreme upper end of seid sleeve being reduced and squared to be` received snugly in the square opening of said dropping plate, a bolt disposed through said sleeve and through the opening in the bottom of said hopper, said bolt having the head thereof disposed in engagement with the lower end of said sleeve, a nut engaged AWith the upper end of the bolt and contact- 'Iing Withthe upper face of the bottom of the like member depending, from the supporting member and havingconnection with zthe dropping member to actuate the latter 'upon the rotation or said depending member, said depending member being provided with a plurality of threaded sockets adjacent its lower end, a plurality of radial arms bek tween the inner ends thereof, threaded into engagement with the threaded sockets of said depending member, and means adapted for engagement With said radial arms to rotate vthe member earrying the latter.

-n testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature inthe presence of two"witnesses.

. JAMES (l. GREENE. "Witnesses s B. D. GRUN, MARY Corin. 

